Ancient World Maps

Cartography is an integral part of human history since more than 8000 years. From cave paintings to ancient maps of the Old World, through the Age of Exploration, and on into the 21st century, people have made and used maps. This is a collection of historical world maps describing the known world in their time and at their state of knowledge.

Saturday, August 2, 2014

Description: The Fool's Cap Map of the World dates from ca. 1580-1590 and is one of the big mysteries in the history of cartography. It is unknown why, when and by whom the map was made, but could be a kind of social criticism of its time.

Monday, June 23, 2014

Description: World map published in 1544 by the German scientist and cartographer Sebastian Münster. His work "Cosmographia" of 1544 was one of the most successful books of the 16th century with numerous editions in different languages.

Monday, March 17, 2014

Description: Hand coloured world map with two hemispheres published by the British author George Augustus Baldwyn in 1782. "A New and Accurate Map of the World, Comprehending all the New Discoveries, in Both Hemispheres, carefully brought down to the Present Time."

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Note: All world maps shown in this blog and offered for download are in the public domain because its copyright has expired (copyright term of life of the authors plus 70/100 years) or they had been declared as public domain.

THE FREE WIKI WORLD MAP

OpenStreetMap is a free editable map of the whole world made by people like you. It allows you to view, edit and use geographical data from anywhere on Earth. Link: OpenStreetMap

T-O MAPS

T-O map (orbis terrae, orb or circle of the earth), is a type of mediaval world map and the earliest known representations of this sort is attributed to Beatur of Liébana, an 8th century Spanish monk. The T is the Mediterranean, dividing the three continents, Asia, Europe and Africa, and the O is the encircling Ocean. Jerusalem was generally assumed to lie at the center of the circle. The T-O map remained a common representation since at least the 7th century.